Completed Civil Service Veterans Preference Claim Forms, along with the required documentation, must be submitted directly to the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NJDMVA) https://www.nj.gov/military. You may visit NJDMVA's web site or contact them at 1-888-865-8387 to obtain a Civil Service Veterans Preference Claim Form or for more information.

You don't have to wait for an exam to be announced to file for veteran’s preference. We encourage you to do it as soon as possible to ensure that your paperwork is processed on time for this exam. Preference must be established no later than eight (8) days prior to list issuance, and once established, is good for life.

If your name is certified and you respond as interested, you will be scheduled to take the PPT exam via the email address that you used to apply for the exam. Once you are scheduled to take the PPT, you must appear on your scheduled test date and time, with all required materials, and be ready to be tested. Otherwise you will be removed from all Fire Fighter eligible lists. You must check your spam folder and/or add the email address PPTschedule@csc.nj.gov to your safe-sender list.